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IAFP 2010 Preliminary Program
SundAy, AuguSt 1
Opening Session — 6:00 p.m. Ivan Parkin Lecture — Improving Food Safety from Farm to Table: Fostering Prevention and Building Partnerships, Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. • European Concept on Hygiene Monitoring in the Food Supply Chain — ‘Farm-to-Fork’ Concept in Practice • National Institute of Food and Agriculture Showcase • The Salmonella Smorgasbord: The Problem with Too Many Choices • Food Packaging Technology: Opportunities and Challenges That Enhance Food Safety • Non-O157:H7 E. coli: An Increasing International Concern • Global Product Safety Harmonization: Exploring the Comparative Differences of International Policies Technical Sessions • • Produce Meat and Poultry

MondAy, AuguSt 2
Poster • • • • • Session Antimicrobials Seafood Risk Assessment Novel Laboratory Methods Beverages and Water • Sanitation • Epidemiology • Communication Outreach and Education • Dairy and Other Food Commodities

Afternoon
Symposia • • • • • The Emergence of Non-culture Diagnostics and Their Impact on Global Foodborne Disease Surveillance Way before the Fork: Impact of Pre-harvest Management Programs and Supply Chain Influences on the Control of Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli Contamination in Beef Food and Food Environment Test Considerations in View of Changing Regulations Human Noroviruses: Attribution, Transmission, and Control Advances in Detection Technologies to Address Food Safety and Food Defense Needs Produce and Communication Outreach and Education Risk Assessment and Epidemiology

Morning
Symposia • Data Deluge, Interacting Players, and Complex Networks in Food Sciences – Computational Tools to Tackle Food-related Complexities • Global Water Shortages: Their Impact on Water Safety and Quality • Microbiological Environmental Testing and Validation: Leading Edge Issues for Low-moisture Foods • Human Pathogens Associated with Edible Plants • Government, Academic, and Industry Collaborations to Advance the Development and Use of Microbiological Risk Assessments • Converging Industry Initiatives on Traceability • Ripple or Tsunami? Riding the Regulatory Wave to Safer Bottled Water and Water Beverages Roundtable • Research Needs a Roundtable: Retail and Foodservice Food Safety Technical Session • Applied Laboratory and Novel Laboratory Methods

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WEdnESdAy, AuguSt 4
Poster Session • Produce • Meat and Poultry

Morning
Symposia • • • • • • Global Issues and Impact of Gluten Allergy and Celiac Disease Foodborne Disease Outbreak Update Food Safety in Developing Countries Setting the Science-based Agenda for Co-management of Watershed Quality and Produce Safety A Practical Approach to Risk Communication: Engaging Stakeholders and the Public Maintaining Consumer and Market Continuity during Animal Disease Outbreaks

Afternoon
Symposia • Buy Local? Addressing the Safety Issues Behind Green Food Trends • Less Recognized and Presumptive Pathogens: What Now, What Next? • What’s Been Keeping You Up at Night? — Selected Unanswered Food Safety Questions • ‘Ingredient’ is a Ten-letter Word for Financial Disaster • Good Agricultural Practices and the Small Scale Producer: What’s Really Going on Out There? • Flour Food Safety: The Changing Landscape — E. coli O157:H7 Technical Sessions • Pathogens, Sanitation and Seafood • Antimicrobials and Microbial Food Spoilage

Afternoon
Symposia • • • • Bacterial Toxins: A Past or an Emerging Issue for Food and Beverage Safety? WHO’s Epidemiological Approach to Estimating Foodborne Diseases — WHO FERG Tools for Predictive Microbiology and Microbial Risk Assessment Issues in the Production and Manufacture of Nuts and Nutcontaining Products: Nuts to You Risk Benefit Analysis of Food Production and Consumption New Definitions in Imported Seafood Safety

tuESdAy, AuguSt 3
Poster Session • Applied Laboratory Methods • Microbial Food Spoilage • Non-microbial Food Safety • General Microbiology • Pathogens • Food Toxicology

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Morning
Symposia • Risk-based Design of Thermally Processed Foods — A Look into the Future

4:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
John H. Silliker Lecture — Understanding Foodborne Microorganisms, A Matter of Perspective, Robert L. Buchanan, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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